List of Southern Sayings
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It goes without saying that people from the South have a colorful way of saying things. Here is a list of some of the popular sayings.
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I'm as poor as a church mouse.
A person who is really broke.
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Don't pee down my back and tell me it's raining.
Someone who cannot tell the truth.
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The porch light's on, but no one's home.
A very stupid person.
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4.
I’m gonna tan your hide.
Every Southern kid has had this experience. It is called a whupping.
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5.
Bless his heart.
A popular way of saying that someone is an idiot.
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6.
She's as dumb as a bag of rocks.
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He’s got enough money to burn a wet mule.
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He thinks the sun comes up just to hear him crow.
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She’s got more nerve than Carter’s got Liver Pills.
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She’s as happy as a dead pig in the sunshine.
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He’s as drunk as Cooter Brown.
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12.
You look rode hard and put up wet.
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13.
You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.
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She was madder than a wet hen.
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We’re living in high cotton.
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She's so stuck up, she'd drown in a rainstorm.
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Happy as a dead pig in the sunshine.
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18.
Well butter my butt and call me a biscuit.
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I'll knock you so hard you'll see tomorrow today.
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Faster than a hot knife through butter.
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